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Sunday - July 8

Bike #1

2h 57m 16s
54.28 miles
18.37 Mi/hr

Ride was in the Great Buckeye course. It was good to experience the course and get an idea of what direction to go. Also was able to make a few mental notes along the way to help with the race.
1. 1st 12 miles of the course suck! Just about the entire section along Old Columbus Rd is a climb, wasn't steep but steady. 1st lap stayed around 17-18mph but 2nd lap dropped down to 16 and had difficulties maintaining an even spin. The wind coming out of the northeast didnt help either.
2. At SR54 is the 1st chance at downhill, road also gets alittle rough but nothing terrible.
3. After turning onto McConkey Rd and reaching mile 12 is the best time to push, there are a couple of turns that had to be slowed down for but hopefully during the race these will be patrolled and will not have to slow down.
4. The hill going into Catawba sucks! My motivation was to get past the haunted house as fast as possible.
5. After Catawba the fun begins. Everything is downhill for the next 3 miles, need to be carefull though about 1 mile out, couple of sharp curves going downhill, 1st lap I braked, 2nd lap no brake.
6. Need to be carefull of Hidden Valley Farms on Neer Rd, almost puts you into relaxation mode, then of course it snaps you out of it when you have to climb out of the valley, 2 climbs and then the turn around.
7. After turning onto Mahar Rd the last of the climb begins, nothing major but still enough to get the HR up
8. The good part about the climbs on Mahar is that when the rd turns to the left it is all downhill, maintained 22-23mph with a low HR for the last 6 miles back to the turn around

Total Climb 2200ft

Bike #2

2h 57m 16s
54.28 miles
18.37 Mi/hr

Run #1

53m 43s
4.84 miles
11m 06s /Mi

Still rough on the run, 9m pace for awhile and felt good then legs tightened up, Bike fitness I think is the biggest limiter.
This run is going to be hot, I think the majority of the course is in the sun with only a few spots shaded.

Run #2

53m 43s
4.84 miles
11m 06s /Mi

Nutrition for today was about spot on. Started with Peanut butter bagel as I was leaving the house, then had a coffee during the 1hr drive to buck creek. Beverage of choice was powerade, but watered down. Carried 2 bottles with half of powerade in each bottle then filled the rest of the way with water. Drank a total of 4 bottles on the entire ride, never felt thirsty. For more calories used Cliff bars, used 1/2 a bar every 30 minutes until the 1hr30m mark. Then stretched it out 45 minutes to keep from having too much in my belly. I think next time I will switch to gels at this point to keep from having to take in solids. Before the run I had a gatorade Prime, this did nothing for me. Need to get more gels! During the run carried a water bottle and actually felt comfortable carring it. May contemplate carring a bottle during the race depending on the heat, I can't run and drink from a cup so this may be the alternative :)

Calories out: 8291 From lifestyle:1947, From activities:6344
Health data: Hours slept: 7

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Saturday - July 7

Well another lackluster week completed. I cant seem to maintain any type of consistency in training. Something needs to change soon or I will feel less than prepared for my race in August.

Calories out: 2092 From lifestyle:2092, From activities:0
Health data: Hours slept: 7

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Friday - July 6

Bike #1

1h 03m 38s
19.06 miles
17.97 Mi/hr

Bike #2

1h 03m 38s
19.06 miles
17.97 Mi/hr

Calories out: 3786 From lifestyle:1996, From activities:1790

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Thursday - July 5

Run #1

1h 13m 31s
7.37 miles
09m 58s /Mi

Run #2

1h 13m 31s
7.37 miles
09m 58s /Mi

Calories out: 3714 From lifestyle:1991, From activities:1723

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Wednesday - July 4

Run #1

24m 36s
3.12 miles
07m 53s /Mi

5K at the fort! This was extremely hot. I was still feeling a little slow from the run on Tuesday and had no energy. Faltered around mile 2 and couldn't catch my breath. Slowed considerably until I was able to breath then finished the run.

Run #2

24m 36s
3.12 miles
07m 53s /Mi

Calories out: 2836 From lifestyle:2045, From activities:791
Health data: Hours slept: 7

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Tuesday - July 3

Run #1

1h 05m 07s
6.01 miles
10m 50s /Mi

Well, I have had better ideas! Was supposed to go for bike today but that was canceled early. When some time opened up I decided to go for a run. Probably could of picked a better time. It was extremely hot, face and shoulders were burnt when I made it back to the campground. Next time I am running at night.

Run #2